| 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 | Papilionoidea |
| family | Nymphalidae Rafinesque, 1815 - brushfoots |
| subfamily | Danainae Boisduval, 1833 - milkweed butterflies |
| tribus | Ithomiini Godman & Salvin, 1879 |
| subtribus | Dircennina d'Almeida, 1941 |
| genus | Dircenna Doubleday, 1847 |
| species | Dircenna klugii (Geyer, 1837) |