According to the textbook, Prophase I of the first meiotic division is subdivided into five phases based on chromosomal behaviour. The correct chronological order is: Leptotene (D) $\rightarrow$ Zygotene (A) $\rightarrow$ Pachytene (B) $\rightarrow$ Diplotene (E) $\rightarrow$ Diakinesis (C) [Sources 95, 106].