Paphinia litensis is a species of orchid endemic to Ecuador.

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

[1] Distribution ranges through the Esmeraldas (Ecuador, Western South America, Southern America).

Originally collected by Calaway H. Dodson.

The holotype is kept at Rio Palenque Science Center (RPSC), Ecuador.