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title: "Banded Phintella"
description: "Phintella vittata — Insetti e ragni. Phintella vittata is a species of jumping spider in the genus Phintella."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/banded-phintella
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Banded Phintella

> Phintella vittata — Insetti e ragni. Phintella vittata is a species of jumping spider in the genus Phintella.

- Scientific name: *Phintella vittata*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 5043
- Wikidata: [Q2498563](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2498563)
- iNaturalist taxon: [154357](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/154357)

## Names

- en: Banded Phintella

## Countries with the most observations

IN (1621), SG (805), TH (535), MY (230), LK (223), ID (99), CN (36), VN (34), KH (30), MM (13), LA (8), BN (6)

## Summary

Phintella vittata is a species of jumping spider in the genus Phintella. It has a wide distribution across Asia, ranging from India and Nepal through China to the Philippines, and is notable for being the first animal known to be capable of seeing ultraviolet B light.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phintella_vittata

## Photo

![Banded Phintella](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/banded-phintella/medium.jpg)

Photo: Fernando Sessegolo · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/191944207

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/banded-phintella?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).