Abirus
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| Abirus | |
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| Abirus fortunei | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Coleoptera |
| Suborder: | Polyphaga |
| Infraorder: | Cucujiformia |
| Family: | Chrysomelidae |
| Subfamily: | Eumolpinae |
| Tribe: | Eumolpini |
| Genus: | Abirus Chapuis, 1874[1] |
| Type species | |
| Cryptocephalus aeneus Wiedemann, 1821 | |
Abirus is a genus of leaf beetles in the subfamily Eumolpinae. It is distributed from the Malay Archipelago to the Indian subcontinent, China, and the Ryukyu Islands.[2][3][4][5] The genus was first established by the Belgian entomologist Félicien Chapuis in 1874, as a split of Dermorhytis.
Abirus fortunei is known as a major pest of mulberry in China.[6]