Xanthonymus astrape

Xanthonymus astrape, the false pathfinder skipper, is a species of butterfly in the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, the Republic of the Congo, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda.^[2] The habitat consists of the edges of forests and forest clearings.

Phylum:Arthropoda

Class:Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

Family:Hesperiidae

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Xanthonymus astrape
Both images of same male in Ghana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Hesperiidae
Genus:	Xanthonymus
Species:	X. astrape
Binomial name
Xanthonymus astrape (Holland, 1892)[1]
Synonyms
List Pardaleodes astrape Holland, 1892 Pardaleodes parcus Karsch, 1893 Pardaleodes eurydice Aurivillius, 1925 Xanthodisca astrape (Holland, 1892)

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Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers.

The larvae feed on Trachyphrynium braunianum.