The phylogenetic position of Pachites in the tribe Diseae
(sensu Kurzweil and Linder, 2001) is not clear (Linder and
Kurzweil, 1994; Kurzweil, 1996; Kurzweil and Linder, 2001).
Linder and Kurzweil (1994) performed a cladistic analysis of
the morphological characters of all genera in the tribe Diseae
and found only weak support for a monophyletic Satyriinae. Of
the three synapomorphies i.e. petals similar to lateral sepals,