 In IUCN Red List, the species is cited as a synonym of Indian species "Poecilotheria striata", but in other local text books and online publications, it is cited as a separate species, which is endemic to Sri Lanka., the species was considered to be native to both India and Sri Lanka by the World Spider Catalog.The species can identified from other tiger spiders by prominent brushes on femurs and a prominent dark triangular stripe on the femur of fourth pair of legs in ventrally.