It is yellow, with brown spots on the abdomen, the lighter colour recognised in the name of the species, which recalls the Latin word for light.

[5] There are similarities between spiders within genus Phintella and those in Chira, Chrysilla, Euophrys, Icius, Jotus and Telamonia.

[6] Genetic analysis confirms that it is related to the genera Helvetia and Menemerus and is classified in the tribe Chrysillini.

[9] The male was first identified by Angelika Dawidowicz and Wanda Wesołowska in 2016 based on the collection of the Swedish arachnologist Åke Holm.

[3] It was subsequently identified from examples discovered in the Tsavo West National Park and on the slopes of Mount Elgon in Kenya.