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 ceylonicus (Kelaart, 1852) - Kelaart's pipistrelle
                   1 [Pipistrellus ceylonicus ceylonicus] (Kelaart, 1852)
                   2 Pipistrellus ceylonicus borneanus Hill, 1963
                   3 Pipistrellus ceylonicus indicus Dobson, 1878
                   4 Pipistrellus ceylonicus raptor Thomas, 1904
                   5 Pipistrellus ceylonicus shanorum Thomas, 1915
                   6 Pipistrellus ceylonicus subcanus Thomas, 1915
                   7 Pipistrellus ceylonicus tongfangensis Wang, 1966