''Euxanthe tiberius'' is a

butterfly Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...

in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in

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and

Tanzania Tanzania (; ), officially the United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania), is a country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region. It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and ...

.Afrotropical Butterflies: File H - Charaxinae - Tribe Euxanthini
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Deinbollia ''Deinbollia'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Sapindaceae. Its native range is tropical and Southern Africa and islands in the western Indian Ocean. Its genus name of ''Deinbollia'' is in honour of Peter Vogelius Deinboll ...

'' species.

Subspecies

*''Euxanthe tiberius'' subsp. ''tiberius'' – coast of Kenya, eastern and north-eastern Tanzania *''Euxanthe tiberius'' subsp. ''meruensis'' van Someren, 1936 – Kenya: eastern and north-eastern slopes of

Mount Kenya Mount Kenya (Kikuyu: ''Kĩrĩnyaga'', Kamba, ''Ki Nyaa'') is the highest mountain in Kenya and the second-highest in Africa, after Kilimanjaro. The highest peaks of the mountain are Batian (), Nelion () and Point Lenana (). Mount Kenya is locat ...

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Butterflies described in 1889 Charaxinae Butterflies of Africa Taxa named by Henley Grose-Smith {{Charaxinae-stub