The chinspot batis forms a superspecies with other species of woodland and forest batises, in southern Africa the representatives of this superspecies are the pririt batis, Woodward's batis, pale batis and Cape batis.
 Woodwards and Cape batises replace the chinspot batis in forest while the pririt batis and pale batis replace it geographically in arid woodlands to the west (pririt) and humid coastal woodlands to the east (pale).

There are currently four recognised subspecies of chinspot batis.

B. m. pintoi Lawson, 1966
Range: South-eastern Gabon to Angola, south-western Zaire and north-western Zambia
B. m. puella Reichenow, 1893
Range: Eastern Zaire to Uganda, western Kenya and western Tanzania
B. m. palliditergum Clancey, 1955
Range: Southern Zaire to Namibia, Botswana, Malawi and north-western South Africa
B. m. molitor (Küster, 1836)
Range: Southern Mozambique to eastern South Africa
The chinspot batis forms a superspecies with other species of woodland and forest batises, in southern Africa the representatives of this superspecies are the pririt batis, Woodward's batis, pale batis and Cape batis.  Woodwards and Cape batises replace the chinspot batis in forest while the pririt batis and pale batis replace it geographically in arid woodlands to the west (pririt) and humid coastal woodlands to the east (pale).
There are currently four recognised subspecies of chinspot batis.
B. m. pintoi Lawson, 1966
Range: South-eastern Gabon to Angola, south-western Zaire and north-western Zambia
B. m. puella Reichenow, 1893
Range: Eastern Zaire to Uganda, western Kenya and western Tanzania
B. m. palliditergum Clancey, 1955
Range: Southern Zaire to Namibia, Botswana, Malawi and north-western South Africa
B. m. molitor (Küster, 1836)
Range: Southern Mozambique to eastern South Africa
Chinspot batis