Chrysilla

{{Short description| Genus of spiders}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| taxon = Chrysilla

| image = Chrysilla_lauta_of_Kadavoor.jpg

| image_caption = Chrysilla sp. in Kerala

| authority = Thorell, 1887

| type_species = C. lauta

| type_species_authority = Thorell, 1887

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = 10, see text

}}

Chrysilla is a genus of jumping spiders that was first described by Tamerlan Thorell in 1887.{{cite journal| last=Thorell| first=T.| year=1887| title=Viaggio di L. Fea in Birmania e regioni vicine. II. Primo saggio sui ragni birmani| journal=Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova| pages=5–417| volume=25| author-link=Tamerlan Thorell}} Several species formerly placed here were transferred to Phintella, and vice versa. Females are {{convert|3|to|4|mm}} long, and males are {{convert|4|to|9|mm}} long.{{cite journal| last1=Murphy| first1=Frances| last2=Murphy| first2=John| year=2000| title=An Introduction to the Spiders of South East Asia| publisher=Kuala Lumpur: Malaysian Nature Society}} The genus is Persian, derived from the Greek {{lang|grc|Χρύσιλλα}}.{{cite journal| last=Thorell| first=T.| year=1887| title=Studi sui ragni Malesi e Papuani| journal=Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova| page=315| volume=31| url=https://archive.org/details/studisuiragnimal00thor}}