Paraphidippus aurantius

Paraphidippus aurantius is a species of jumping spider.

P. aurantius from Virginia

Paraphidippus aurantius
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Araneae
Family:	Salticidae
Genus:	Paraphidippus
Species:	P. aurantius
Binomial name
Paraphidippus aurantius (Lucas, 1833)
Synonyms
Salticus aurantius Attus chrysis Attus iris Attus multicolor Plexippus orichalceus Attus aurantius Attus brendeli Plexippa chrysis Phylaeus chrysis Dendryphantes multicolor Phidippus orichalceus Phidippus fraternus Philaeus multicolor Paraphidippus chrysis Paraphydippus multicolor Paraphydippus aureus Dendryphantes aurantius Eris aurantia

Distribution

P. aurantius occurs from the USA to Panama, and on the Greater Antilles.

References

• Platnick, Norman I. (2007): The world spider catalog, version 8.0. American Museum of Natural History.

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Paraphidippus aurantius is a solitary hunter, with a fairly large size for a jumping spider in the U.S.A when it reaches adulthood. It is common and commonly seen as a black a white jumping spider with a green tint