Lepithrix xanthoptera is a species of beetle of the family Scarabaeidae. It is found in South Africa (Northern Cape).
Adults reach a length of about . They are black, with the elytra somewhat brick-red in males, but paler in females. The pronotum has only a few whitish scales along the outer margins and the elytra also have only a few scales, which are even very often obliterated in the rounded apical part. The pygidium is covered with somewhat flavescent scales.