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 Aphnaeini Distant, 1884
                     1 Genus Aphnaeus Hübner, [1819]
                     2 Genus Apharitis Riley, 1925
                     3 Genus Cigaritis Donzel, 1848
                     4 Genus Spindasis Wallengren, 1857
                     5 Genus Axiocerces Eliot, 1973 see Genus Axiocerses Hübner, [1819]
                     6 Genus Phasis Hübner, 1819
                     7 Genus Aloeides Hübner, [1819]
                     8 Genus Poecilmitis Butler, 1899