pantherine cats Pocock, 1917
   Genus Panthera Oken, 1816 - big cats
     Subgenus Panthera Oken, 1816 - leopard
       Panthera leo (Linnaeus, 1758) - lion
         leo group - African and South-Asian lions
           persica subgroup
             Panthera leo persica (Meyer, 1826) - South Asian lion