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.

Adults of both sexes are attracted to flowers.

The larvae feed on Trachyphrynium braunianum.

This Hesperiinae-related article is a stub.