The spider is generally dark brown but there is an orange streak down the middle of the upper surface of both the abdomen and carapace.

Evarcha vittula is a species of jumping spider that was first described by Charles Haddad and Wanda Wesołowska in 2011.

[2] The spider's name derives from the Latin word vitta, which can be translated to "fillet" or "band" and relates to the pattern on its abdomen.

[7] In Wayne Maddison's 2015 study of spider phylogenetic classification, the genus Evarcha was moved to the subtribe Plexippina.

It is a dark brown oval spider with an orange streak down the middle of the top and white hairs on the side.

For example, it is possible to tell the spider apart from the related Evarcha denticulata by the fact that the pattern on its abdomen is roughly T-shaped on the other species.

[17] It is also the short straight, rather than curved, embolus that is particularly helpful when comparing to the otherwise similar Evarcha maculata.

[3] Evarcha spiders live across the world, although those found in North America may be accidental migrants.

[2] The male holotype for the species was found in the Erfenis Dam Nature Reserve in Free State in 2009.

[15] In comparison to other spiders in the genus, Evarcha vittula prefers to live in grass-dominated environments.

It thrives in open grasslands with scattered trees, living under rocks and on grass tussocks woodlands.