Xanthonymus astrape

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Xanthonymus astrape
False pathfinder (Xanthonymus astrape) male Nyamebe Bepo.jpg
False pathfinder (Xanthonymus astrape) male underside Nyamebe Bepo.jpg
Both images of same male in Ghana
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
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 astrapeHolland, 1892
  • Pardaleodes parcusKarsch, 1893
  • Pardaleodes eurydiceAurivillius, 1925
  • Xanthodisca astrape(Holland, 1892)

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.

Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers.

The larvae feed on Trachyphrynium braunianum .

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