Parent: Panthera (Roaring cats)

└─ Panthera leo (Lion)

└─── Panthera leo azandica

└─── Panthera leo bleyenberghi

└─── Panthera leo krugeri

└─── Panthera leo leo (Barbary lion)

└─── Panthera leo melanochaita (South african cape lion)

└─── Panthera leo nubica

└─── Panthera leo persica (Asiatic lion)

└─── Panthera leo senegalensis