Naming
Traditionally, four subspecies of the lechwe have been recognized. Additionally, the Upemba lechwe, which only was described in 2005, is treated as a subspecies of the lechwe by some authorities.⤷ Red lechwe or Zambesi lechwe - most of range, overall tawny-fawn with black to front of front legs
⤷ Kafue lechwe or brown lechwe - Kafue Flats, as previous, but front legs almost entirely black, vulnerable.
⤷ Roberts' lechwe or Kawambwa lechwe - formerly near Kawambwa, extinct.
⤷ Black lechwe or Bangweulu lechwe - Bangweulu Swamps, adult males blackish, vulnerable
⤷ Cape lechwe or Venter's lechwe - now extinct, but formerly inhabited the marshes and fens of the North West, Free State, Northern Cape and Eastern Cape Provinces of South Africa, as far south as Cradock and Tarkastad
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