Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Chiroptera Blumenbach, 1779 - bats
       Family Vespertilionidae Gray, 1821 - vespertilionid bats
         Subfamily Vespertilioninae Gray, 1821
           Tribe Pipistrellini Tate, 1942
             Genus Pipistrellus Kaup, 1829 - pipistrelles
               Subgenus Pipistrellus Kaup, 1829
                 Pipistrellus rueppellii (Fischer, 1829)
                   1 [Pipistrellus rueppellii rueppellii] (Fischer, 1829)
                   2 Pipistrellus rueppellii coxi Thomas, 1919
                   3 Pipistrellus rueppellii fuscipes Thomas, 1913
                   4 Pipistrellus rueppellii pulcher Dobson, 1875
                   5 Pipistrellus rueppellii senegalensis Dorst, 1960
                   6 Pipistrellus rueppellii vernayi Roberts, 1932