Phylum Arthropoda Siebold, 1848 - arthropods
   Class Insecta Linnaeus, 1758 - insects
     Subclass Pterygota Lang, 1888 - winged insects see Infraclass Pterygota Lang, 1888
       Endopterygota Sharp, 1899
         Order Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 - butterflies, moths
           Suborder Heteroneura Tillyard, 1918 see Infraorder Heteroneura Tillyard, 1918
             Superfamily Papilionoidea Latreille, 1802
               Family Lycaenidae Leach, 1815 - gossamer-winged butterflies
                 Subfamily Theclinae Swainson, 1830 (1820)
                   Tribe Zesiini see Tribe Zesiusini Swinhoe, 1912
                     1 Genus Pseudalmenus Druce, 1902
                     2 Genus Zesius Hübner, [1819]
                     3 Genus Jalmenus Hübner, 1818
                     4 Genus Protialmenus Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914 see Genus Jalmenus Hübner, 1818