Poecilotheria fasciata
| Sri Lanka ornamental tarantula | |
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| Specimen in the Národní museum | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Class: | Arachnida |
| Order: | Araneae |
| Infraorder: | Mygalomorphae |
| Family: | Theraphosidae |
| Genus: | Poecilotheria |
| Species: | P. fasciata |
| Binomial name | |
| Poecilotheria fasciata (Latreille, 1804) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Poecilotheria fasciata, the Sri Lanka ornamental or Sri Lanka ornamental tiger spider, is a large arboreal tarantula. It is endemic to central Sri Lanka.