Sophronitis pygmaea (Pabst) Withner, Cattleyas & Relatives 3: 77 (1993).

Basionym:
* Sophronitis coccinea subsp. pygmaea Pabst, Bradea 2: 70 (1976).

Sophronitis mantiqueirae var. pygmaea (Pabst) Fowlie, Orchid Digest 51: 34 (1987).
Hadrolaelia pygmaea (Pabst) Chiron & V.P.Castro, Richardiana 2: 21 (2002).

Heterotypic Synonym:
Cattleya pygmaea (Pabst) Van den Berg, Neodiversity 3: 11 (2008).