Paphinia benzingii is a species of orchid endemic to Esmeraldas Province of Ecuador.

The classification of this species was published by Calaway H. Dodson & Tilman Neudecker in Die Orchidee.

Hamburg-Othmarschen & Hamburg, 41: 233, figs.

Paphinia benzingii is distributed through the Esmeraldas (Ecuador, Western South America, Southern America).

It was originally collected in Ecuador at an altitude of about 750m.