-Animals (Kingdom Animalia)

-Arthropods (Phylum Arthropoda)

-Hexapods (Subphylum Hexapoda)

-Insects (Class Insecta)

-Winged and Once-winged Insects (Subclass Pterygota)

-Beetles (Order Coleoptera​​)

-​Water, Rove, Scarab, Long-horned, Leaf, and Snout Beetles (Suborder Polyphaga)

-​Cucujiform Beetles (Infraorder Cucujiformia)

-Leaf Beetles and Allies (Superfamily Chrysomeloidea)

-Leaf Beetles Family (Chrysomelidae)

-Tortoise and Hispine Beetles (Subfamily Cassidinae)idinae)

-Tribe Chalepini​

-Genus Oxyhalepus

-Oxychalepus balyanus

Oxychalepus balyanus is a species of beetle that belongs to the subfamily Cassidinae, commonly known as tortoise and hispine beetles. The adults primarily feed on the leaves and stems of various plants, particularly those in the Asteraceae family (the daisy family) and other herbaceous plants.