Epocilla

Epocilla is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1887. The name comes from Ἐπόκιλλος (Epocillus), a soldier of Alexander the Great.

Species
it contains twelve species, found in Asia, Mauritius, on the Seychelles, and Hawaii:
 * Epocilla aurantiaca (Simon, 1885) – India to Malaysia
 * Epocilla blairei Zabka, 1985 – China, Vietnam
 * Epocilla calcarata (Karsch, 1880) – China to Indonesia (Sulawesi). Introduced to Seychelles, USA (Hawaii)
 * Epocilla chimakothiensis Jastrzebski, 2007 – Bhutan
 * Epocilla femoralis Simon, 1901 – Indonesia (Sumatra)
 * Epocilla innotata Thorell, 1895 – Myanmar
 * Epocilla mauriciana Simon, 1901 – Mauritius
 * Epocilla pakhtunkhwa Ali & Maddison, 2018 – Pakistan
 * Epocilla picturata Simon, 1901 – China
 * Epocilla praetextata Thorell, 1887 (type) – India, Bhutan, Myanmar to Indonesia (Java)
 * Epocilla sirohi Caleb, Chatterjee, Tyagi, Kundu & Kumar, 2017 – India
 * Epocilla xylina Simon, 1906 – India