Zophopetes dysmephila, the palm-tree nightfighter, is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae.

It is found in Mozambique, in South Africa from Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape to KwaZulu-Natal and Mpumalanga, and in Kenya.

Their habitat consists of moist savanna and forests.

Adults are on wing year-round with a peak from November to May in southern Africa.

[3] The larvae feed on Chrysalidocarpus lutescens, Phoenix reclinata, Phoenix dactylifera, Phoenix canariensis, Raphia, Borassus and Cocos species.