| system | Vitae - living organisms |
| domain | Eukaryota Whittaker & Margulis, 1978 - lifeforms with nucletic cells |
| superregnum | Unikonta |
| system | Opisthokonta Cavalier-Smith, 1987 |
| kingdom | Animalia Linnaeus, 1758 - animals |
| subregnum | Eumetazoa Butschli, 1910 |
| divisio | Bilateria Hatschek, 1888 |
| subdivisio | Protostomia Grobben, 1908 - protostomes |
| phylum | Arthropoda - Arthropods |
| subphylum | Hexapoda Blainville, 1816 |
| class | Insecta - Insects |
| subclass | Pterygota |
| infraclass | Neoptera Martynov, 1923 |
| cohors | Holometabola |
| order | Lepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758 - butterflies and moths |
| suborder | Glossata |
| infraorder | Heteroneura |
| falanga | Ditrysia |
| superfamily | Bombycoidea Latreille, 1802 |
| family | Sphingidae Latreille, 1802 - hawk moths |
| subfamily | Macroglossinae Harris, 1839 |
| tribus | Macroglossini Harris, 1839 |
| subtribus | Choerocampina Grote & Robinson, 1865 |
| genus | Deilephila Laspeyres, 1809 |
| species | Deilephila elpenor (Linnaeus, 1758) - Elephant Hawk-moth |