Stenaelurillus lesserti

{{Short description|Species of spider}}

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| image = Salticid_GKVK.jpg

| genus = Stenaelurillus

| species = lesserti

| authority = Reimoser, 1934

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Stenaelurillus lesserti is a species of jumping spider found in southern India and Sri Lanka.{{Cite journal |last1=Caleb |first1=John T. D. |last2=Sanap |first2=Rajesh V. |date=2016 |title=Lessert's rainbow spider, Stenaelurillus lesserti Reimoser (Araneae: Salticidae: Aelurillina) from new localities in South India |url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/asjaa/65/2/65_83/_article |journal=Acta Arachnologica |language=en |volume=65 |issue=2 |pages=83–87 |doi=10.2476/asjaa.65.83 |issn=0001-5202|doi-access=free }} The male has red and blue horizontal stripes on the front of the face while the female is dull. There are two transverse stripes on the prosoma.{{Cite journal |last1=Sebastian |first1=Pothalil A. |last2=Moothedathu |first2=Pradeep M. |last3=Malamel |first3=Jobi J. |last4=Joseph |first4=Mathew M. |date=2015-03-26 |title=Description of new species of Stenaelurillus Simon, 1886 from the Western Ghats of India with the redescription of Stenaelurillus lesserti Reimoser, 1934 and notes on mating plug in the genus (Arachnida, Araneae, Salticidae) |journal=ZooKeys |issue=491 |pages=63–78 |doi=10.3897/zookeys.491.8218 |issn=1313-2970 |pmc=4389184 |pmid=25878537|doi-access=free }}

File:Stenaelurillus_lesserti_04_male.jpg|Male

File:Stenaelurillus_lesserti_05_female.jpg|Female

File:Stenaelurillus_lesserti_01.jpg|

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Category:Salticidae

Category:Spiders described in 1934

Category:Spiders of the Indian subcontinent

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