In synonymy:
Boethoportia Hogg, 1915 = Portia Karsch, 1878 (Clark, in Prószyński, 1971e: 385, sub Linus)
Linus G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1886 = Portia Karsch, 1878 (Wanless, 1978f: 84)
Neccocalus Roewer, 1965 = Portia Karsch, 1878 (Wanless, 1978f: 84)
Sinis Thorell, 1878 = Portia Karsch, 1878 (Clark in Wanless, 1978f: 385, sub Linus, the replacement name of Sinis)

type Portia schultzi Karsch, 1878; gender feminine

N.B.: Portia was published in December 1878 (see Wanless, 1978f: 84); Sinis Thorell, 1878b (June): 269 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05469] (preoccupied in Coleoptera by Heer 1862) was replaced by Linus Peckham & Peckham, 1886: 264, 289 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05470]; Portia was considered a senior synonym of Linus (itself considered a senior synonym of Boethoportia Hogg, 1915b: 501 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05468] (type B. ocellata Hogg, 1915 = Portia fimbriata (Doleschall, 1859)) by Clark, in Prószyński, 1971e: 385, through synonymy of type species) and Neccocalus Roewer, 1965: 20 [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidergen:05471] (type Cocalus africanus Thorell, 1899) by Wanless, 1978f: 84; not a senior synonym of Brettus Thorell, 1895 (Wanless, 1978f: 83).

Transferred to other genera:
Portia adonis (Simon, 1900) -- see Brettus
Portia albolimbata (Simon, 1900) -- see Brettus
Portia cazomboensis Wanless, 1978 -- see Meleon
Portia cingulata (Thorell, 1895) -- see Brettus
Portia durbani G. W. Peckham & E. G. Peckham, 1903 -- see Veissella
Portia falcifera Wanless, 1978 -- see Meleon
Portia guineensis (Berland & Millot, 1941) -- see Meleon
Portia kenti Lessert, 1925 -- see Meleon
Portia madagascarensis Wanless, 1978 -- see Meleon
Portia oreophila Wanless, 1978 -- see Meleon
Portia russata Simon, 1900 -- see Meleon
Portia solitaria Lessert, 1927 -- see Meleon

In synonymy:
Portia africana (Thorell, 1899, T from Neccocalus) = Portia africana (Simon, 1886) (Wanless, 1978f: 93).
Portia alboguttata (Lawrence, 1938) = Portia schultzi Karsch, 1878 (Murphy & Murphy, 1983a: 37).
Portia alticeps (Pocock, 1898, T from Linus) = Portia fimbriata (Doleschall, 1859) (Wanless, 1978f: 99).
Portia lesserti (Lawrence, 1937, T from Linus) = Portia schultzi Karsch, 1878 (Wanless, 1978f: 88).
Portia martini (Simon, 1900, T from Brettus) = Portia schultzi Karsch, 1878 (Simon, 1901a: 402).
Portia ocellata (Hogg, 1915, T from Boethoportia) = Portia fimbriata (Doleschall, 1859) (Clark, in Prószyński, 1971e: 385).

Nomina dubia:
Portia deciliata Strand, 1907d: 745 (m, Madagascar) -- Wanless, 1978f: 116.
Portia nigrolineata (Strand, 1908f: 482, j, Madagascar, originally in Linus) -- Wanless, 1978f: 117.
Portia subvexa (Thorell, 1890b: 79, m, Indonesia/Sumatra, originally in Linus) -- Wanless, 1978f: 117.

Linus africanus Simon, 1886g: 393 (Dm).
Cocalus africanus Thorell, 1899: 91 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061973].
Linus africanus Berland & Millot, 1941: 398, f. 91 (m, Df).
Linus africanus Roewer, 1965: 16, f. 15a-d (mf).
Neccocalus africanus Roewer, 1965: 21, f. 21a-l (m, T from Cocalus).
Portia africana Wanless, 1978f: 93, f. 4A-E, 5A-B, F-G, pl. 5b (mf, T from Linus, S of Neccocalus africanus).
Portia africana Prószyński, 1984a: 99 (m).
Portia africana Wesołowska & Tomasiewicz, 2008: 45, f. 171-173 (f).
Portia africana Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2011: 592, f. 143-145 (m).
Portia africana Wesołowska & Russell-Smith, 2022: 96, f. 55A-D (mf habitus).
Portia africana Wiśniewski & Wesołowska, 2024: 108, f. 71A-C (f).

Linus albimanus Simon, 1900d: 33 (Dm).
Portia albimana Wanless, 1978f: 107, f. 12A-D (m).
Portia albimana Murphy & Murphy, 1983a: 40, f. 4-5 (Df).
Portia albimana Żabka, 1985: 437, f. 487-490 (m).
Portia albimana Ahmed et al., 2015c: 1, f. 7.1-4 (m).

Portia assamensis Wanless, 1978f: 105, f. 10D-F, 11D-F (Dmf).
Portia assamensis Murphy & Murphy, 1983a: 43, f. 7, 10, 13, 15, 18 (m).
Portia assamensis Wanless, 1984a: 192, f. 29D-F (m).

Portia bawang Xu, Peng & Li, 2021: 29, f. 2A-D (Df).

Linus crassipalpis Peckham & Peckham, 1907: 605 (Dm).
Portia crassipalpis Wanless, 1978f: 100, f. 9A-D, pl. 5a, e (m).

Portia erlangping Xu, Peng & Li, 2021: 31, f. 3A-D (Dm).

Portia fajing Xu, Peng & Li, 2021: 32, f. 4A-B (Df).

Salticus fimbriatus Doleschall, 1859: 22, pl. 5, f. 8 (Dmf).
Sinis fimbriatus Thorell, 1878b: 269.
Linus fimbriatus Peckham & Peckham, 1886: 289.
Linus alticeps Pocock, 1898j: 117, pl. 11, f. 14 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:052310].
Linus fimbriatus Peckham & Peckham, 1901a: 342, pl. 25, f. 5.
Linus fimbriatus Simon, 1901a: 411, f. 435-443 (m).
Boethoportia ocellata Hogg, 1915b: 502, f. 1 (Dmf) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061976].
Linus fimbriatus Sherriffs, 1939b: 196, pl. 24, f. 2 (f).
Linus fimbriatus Roewer, 1965: 17, f. 17a-c, 18 (mf, probably misidentified).
Linus fimbriatus Chrysanthus, 1968: 49, f. 1-6 (f).
Linus fimbriatus Clark, in Prószyński, 1971e: 385 (S of Boethoportia ocellata).
Portia fimbriata Wanless, 1978f: 99, f. 7A-G, 8A-F, pl. 3a-f, 4c-f, 5c-d, f (mf, T from Linus, S of Linus alticeps).
Portia fimbriata Wanless, 1984b: 446, f. 19D, F, 21A-E, 22A, C.
Portia fimbriata Davies & Żabka, 1989: 194, pl. 3 (mf).
Portia fimbriata Chikuni, 1989b: 157, f. 50 (mf).
Portia fimbriata Wijesinghe, 1990: 101, f. 1-6 (mf).
Portia fimbriata Jastrzebski, 1997c: 711, f. 26-30 (f).
Portia fimbriata Chang & Tso, 2004: 30, f. 15-18 (mf).
Portia fimbriata Ono, Ikeda & Kono, 2009: 564, f. 23-24 (mf).
Portia fimbriata Sen et al., 2015: 44, f. 170-176, pl. 14 (f).
Portia fimbriata Dhali, Saha & Raychaudhuri, 2017: 41, f. 123-129, pl. 18 (f).
Portia fimbriata Fu, 2018: 147, f. 25-18.A-D, pl. 31 (m).
Portia fimbriata Peng, 2020: 344, f. 246a-d (mf).

Portia heteroidea Xie & Yin, 1991: 31, f. 5-13 (Dmf).
Portia heteroidea Peng et al., 1993: 187, f. 653-659 (mf).
Portia heteroidea Song, Chen & Zhu, 1997: 1740, f. 53a-c (m).
Portia heteroidea Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 541, f. 311J, 312E (mf).
Portia heteroidea Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 504, f. 368A-D (mf).
Portia heteroidea Yin et al., 2012: 1448, f. 789a-g (mf).
Portia heteroidea Peng, 2020: 345, f. 247a-g (mf).

Portia hoggi Żabka, 1985: 437, f. 491-496 (m).

Portia jianfeng Song & Zhu, 1998b: 26, f. 1-3 (Dm).
Portia jianfeng Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 541, f. 311K-L (m).
Portia jianfeng Peng & Li, 2002f: 257, f. 1A-D (m).
Portia jianfeng Peng, 2020: 347, f. 248a-d (m).

Sinis fimbriatus van Hasselt, 1882: 50, pl. 5, f. 16 (m, misidentified).
Linus labiatus Thorell, 1887: 354 (Df).
Linus dentipalpis Thorell, 1890a: 35, 189 (Dm).
Erasinus dentipalpis Thorell, 1892a: 352.
Erasinus labiatus Simon, 1903a: 754.
Linus subvexus Reimoser, 1925: 90 (misidentified per Wanless, 1978f: 117).
Portia labiata Wanless, 1978f: 103, f. 10A-C, 11A-C (Tmf from Erasinus).
Portia labiata Prószyński & Żabka, 1980: 217, f. 8 (m).
Portia labiata Murphy & Murphy, 1983a: 43, f. 8, 11, 14, 17, 19 (m).
Portia labiata Wanless, 1984a: 192, f. 29A-C (m).
Portia labiata Prószyński, 1984a: 26, 111 (m).
Portia labiata Wanless, 1984b: 446, f. 3A, 19A-C, E.
Portia labiata Wanless, 1987: 107, f. 3, 20C.
Portia labiata Zhu, Yang & Zhang, 2007: 513, f. 1A-H (mf).
Portia labiata Edwards, 2015: 80, f. 40C-D (m).
Portia labiata Logunov & Jäger, 2015: 359, f. 47-51 (mf).
Portia labiata Peng, 2020: 348, f. 249a-e (mf).

Portia orientalis Murphy & Murphy, 1983a: 40, f. 6, 9, 12, 16, 20 (Dm).
Portia orientalis Peng, 2020: 349, f. 250a-c (m).

Portia quei Żabka, 1985: 438, f. 497-501 (Dm).
Portia quei Song, Chen & Gong, 1990: 15, f. 1-4 (m, Df).
Portia quei Chen & Zhang, 1991: 314, f. 334.1-6 (mf).
Portia quei Peng et al., 1993: 188, f. 660-666 (mf).
Portia quei Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 541, f. 311M-N, 312F-G (mf).
Portia quei Yin et al., 2012: 1449, f. 790a-g (mf).
Portia quei Fu, 2018: 148, f. 25-19.A-G, pl. 31 (mf).
Portia quei Peng, 2020: 350, f. 251a-g (mf).

Portia schultzii Karsch, 1878c: 774 (Df).
Brettus martini Simon, 1900d: 31 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061977].
Portia schultzi Simon, 1901a: 402 (S of Brettus martini).
Linus lesserti Lawrence, 1937: 254, f. 22 (Dm) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061975].
Linus alboguttatus Lawrence, 1938a: 520, f. 38 (Df) [urn:lsid:nmbe.ch:spidersp:061974].
Linus lesserti Roewer, 1965: 17, f. 16a-c (m).
Linus alboguttatus Roewer, 1965: 19, f. 19 (f).
Portia schultzii Wanless, 1978f: 88, f. 1A-G, pl. 1-2, 4a-b (mf, S of Linus lesserti).
Portia alboguttata Wanless, 1978f: 96, f. 5C-E, H-I (f, T from Linus).
Portia schultzii Murphy & Murphy, 1983a: 37, f. 1-3 (mf, S of Portia alboguttata).
Portia schultzi Próchniewicz, 1989: 222, f. 44 (f).
Portia schultzi Wijesinghe, 1992: 12, f. 12-16 (m).
Portia schultzi Wesołowska & Cumming, 2008: 207, f. 131-134 (mf).
Portia schultzi Ramírez, 2014: 227, f. 155D-E, 174C-D (mf).

Portia songi Tang & Yang, 1997: 353, f. 1-8 (Dmf).
Portia songi Song, Zhu & Chen, 1999: 541, f. 311O-P, 312H, 313A, 328Q (mf).
Portia songi Peng & Li, 2002f: 260, f. 2A-G (mf).
Portia songi Zhu & Zhang, 2011: 505, f. 369A-B (f).
Portia songi Peng, 2020: 352, f. 252a-g (mf).

Portia strandi Caporiacco, 1941b: 136, f. 58 (Dm).
Portia strandi Roewer, 1965: 11, f. 9 (m).
Portia strandi Wanless, 1978f: 117 (incertae sedis, may be S of Portia africana).

Portia taiwanica Zhang & Li, 2005: 226, f. 4A-G (Dmf).
Portia taiwanica Peng, 2020: 353, f. 253a-e (mf).

Portia wui Peng & Li, 2002f: 260, f. 3A-E (Dm).
Portia wui Peng, 2020: 355, f. 254a-e (m).

Portia xishan Xu, Peng & Li, 2021: 34, f. 5A-F (Dmf).

Portia zhaoi Peng, Li & Chen, 2003a: 50, f. 1-4 (Df).
Portia zhaoi Peng, 2020: 356, f. 255a-d (f).
Portia zhaoi Xu, Peng & Li, 2021: 36, f. 6A-I (Dm, f).