It was discovered in 2015 in the Indian state of Karnataka by Javed Ahmed, Rajashree Khalap, and Sumukha Javagal.

The discoverers of this new spider thought it resembled the Sorting Hat of the Harry Potter series, so they named it after Godric Gryffindor, the original owner of the Sorting Hat.

[2] E. gryffindori is the most recent and possibly the most well-known of the 21 species of the genus Eriovixia.

For example, the Orb-weaver spider from Thailand boasts a bright yellow abdomen, while the species E. pseudocentrodes also has a hat-like shape, similar to its cousin.

[3] E. gryffindori was discovered in the mountainous Western Ghats region of south-western India.