{{Short description|Genus of leaf beetles from Asia}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Abirus fortunei 53025432.jpg | image_caption = ''Abirus fortunei'' | taxon = Abirus | display_parents = 2 | authority = Chapuis, 1874<ref name="Chapuis1874">{{cite contribution|last=Chapuis|first=F.|year=1874|title=Tome dixième. Famille des phytophages|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9655043|editor-last1=Lacordaire|editor-first1=J.T.|editor-last2=Chapuis|editor-first2=F.|encyclopedia=Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Genera des coléoptères|publisher=Librairie Encyclopédique de Roret|place=Paris|pages=i–iv, 1–455}}</ref> | type_species = ''Cryptocephalus aeneus'' | type_species_authority = 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.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Moseyko|first1=A. G.|last2=Sprecher-Uebersax|first2=E.|year=2010|chapter=Eumolpinae|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qt8zDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA620|editor-last1=Löbl|editor-first1=I.|editor-last2=Smetana|editor-first2=A.|title=Catalogue of Palaearctic Coleoptera. Volume 6. Chrysomeloidea|location=Stenstrup, Denmark|publisher=Apollo Books|pages=619–643|isbn=978-87-88757-84-2}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Mohamedsaid|first=M. S.|year=2004|title=Catalogue of the Malaysian Chrysomelidae (Insecta: Coleoptera)|pages=1–239|place=Sofia|publisher=Pensoft Publishers|series=Pensoft Series Faunistica|volume=36|isbn=9546422010|issn=1312-0174}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=Medvedev|first1=L. N.|last2=Takizawa|first2=H.|year=2011|title=Leaf beetles of the subfamily Eumolpinae (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae) from Bali, Indonesia|url=http://ejournal.ukm.my/serangga/issue/download/553/77|journal=Serangga|volume=16|issue=1|pages=7–27}}</ref><ref name="Jacoby1908">{{cite book|last=Jacoby|first=M.|year=1908|editor-last=Bingham|editor-first=C. T.|title=Coleoptera. Chrysomelidae. Vol. 1|url=https://archive.org/details/coleopterachryso00jacoiala|series=The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma|publisher=Taylor & Francis|place=London}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Yin|first1=Yishou|last2=Xu|first2=Jun|last3=Zhan|first3=Genxiang|last4=Wu|first4=Belong|last5=Wei|first5=Hongyi|year=2001|script-title=zh:桑皱鞘叶甲生物学特性及综合防治|trans-title=On the biology and integrated control of mulberry beetle ''Abirus fortunei'' (Baly) (Coleoptera: Eumolpidae)|journal=Journal of Plant Protection|issn=0577-7518|volume=28|issue=3|pages=218–222|language=Chinese|doi=10.13802/j.cnki.zwbhxb.2001.03.006|url=http://www.zwbhxb.com.cn/ch/reader/create_pdf.aspx?file_no=20010347&flag=1&journal_id=zbxb&year_id=2001|access-date=29 January 2026}}</ref>
==Species== The following species are placed in the genus:<ref name="Clavareau1914">{{cite contribution|last=Clavareau|first=H.|year=1914|title=Chrysomelidae: 11. Eumolpinae|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10432889|editor-last1=Junk|editor-first1=W.|editor-link1=Wilhelm Junk|editor-last2=Schenkling|editor-first2=S.|editor-link2=Sigmund Schenkling|encyclopedia=Coleopterorum Catalogus|volume=59|pages=1–215|place=Berlin|publisher=W. Junk}}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=26em}} * ''Abirus aeneus'' <small>(Wiedemann, 1821)</small> * ''Abirus andamansis'' <small>Lefèvre, 1891</small><ref name="Lefevre1891">{{cite journal|last=Lefèvre|first=E.|year=1891|title=Descriptions d'espèces nouvelles de Clytrides et d'Eumolpides|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12304179|journal=Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique|volume=35|pages=CCXLVIII–CCLXXIX}}</ref> * ''Abirus angustatus'' <small>Lefèvre, 1887</small> * ''Abirus apicalis'' <small>(Baly, 1867)</small><ref name="Baly1867">{{cite journal|last=Baly|first=J. S.|year=1867|title=Phytophaga Malayana; a revision of the phytophagous beetles of the Malay Archipelago, with descriptions of the new species collected by Mr. A. R. Wallace|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14694386|journal=Transactions of the Entomological Society of London|series=3|volume=4|pages=1–300|doi=10.1111/j.1365-2311.1866.tb01857.x}}</ref> * ''Abirus balyi'' <small>Medvedev, 2019</small><ref>{{cite journal|last=Medvedev|first=L.N.|year=2019|title=To the knowledge of Oriental leaf beetles (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)|url=http://kmkjournals.com/upload/PDF/REJ/28/ent28_3_282_285_Medvedev.pdf|journal=Russian Entomological Journal|volume=28|issue=3|pages=282–285|doi=10.15298/rusentj.28.3.07|doi-access=free}}</ref> * ''Abirus ceylonicus'' <small>Jacoby, 1908</small><ref name="Jacoby1908"/> * ''Abirus coerulea'' <small>(Jacoby, 1877)</small><ref name="Jacoby1877">{{cite journal|last=Jacoby|first=M.|year=1877|title=Descriptions of new species of Phytophagous Coleoptera|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28518428|journal=Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London|volume=1877|pages=510–520}}</ref> * ''Abirus elegans'' <small>(Baly, 1864)</small><ref>{{cite book|last=Baly|first=J. S.|year=1864|title=Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophaga|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lQkAAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA1|publisher=J.S. Baly|place=Stationer's Hall}}</ref> * ''Abirus elongatus'' <small>Jacoby, 1908</small><ref name="Jacoby1908"/> * ''Abirus flavopilosus'' <small>Jacoby, 1884</small><ref name="Jacoby1884a">{{cite journal|last=Jacoby|first=M.|year=1884|title=Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophagous Coleoptera from Sumatra|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9635505|journal=Notes from the Leyden Museum|volume=6|pages=9–70}}</ref> * ''Abirus fortunei'' <small>(Baly, 1861)</small><ref name="Baly1861">{{cite journal|last=Baly|first=J. S.|year=1861|title=Descriptions of new genera and species of Phytophaga|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12767983|journal=The Journal of Entomology|volume=1|pages=275–302}}</ref> * ''Abirus globicollis'' <small>Lefèvre, 1890</small> * ''Abirus hageni'' <small>Lefèvre, 1887</small> * ''Abirus igneicollis'' <small>Jacoby, 1908</small><ref name="Jacoby1908"/> * ''Abirus laticornis'' <small>Tan, 1982</small> * ''Abirus philippinensis'' <small>(Baly, 1867)</small><ref name="Baly1867"/> * ''Abirus piceipes'' <small>(Baly, 1867)</small><ref name="Baly1867"/> * ''Abirus puberulus'' <small>Lefèvre, 1876</small> * ''Abirus rubripes'' <small>Lefèvre, 1885</small><ref name="Lefevre1885">{{cite journal|last=Lefèvre|first=É.|year=1885|title=Eumolpidarum hucusque cognitarum catalogus, sectionum conspectu systematico, generum sicut et specierum nonnullarum novarum descriptionibus adjunctis|url=https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27434526|journal=Mémoires de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège|series=2|volume=11|issue=16|pages=1–172}}</ref> * ''Abirus speciosus'' <small>Jacoby, 1895</small> * ''Abirus subrugosus'' <small>Jacoby, 1884</small><ref name="Jacoby1884b">{{cite journal|last=Jacoby|first=M.|year=1884|title=Descriptions of new genera and species of phytophagous Coleoptera collected by Dr. B. Hagen at Serdang (East Sumatra)|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9635686|journal=Notes from the Leyden Museum|volume=6|pages=201–230}}</ref> * ''Abirus tuberculipennis'' <small>Lefèvre, 1885</small><ref name="Lefevre1885"/> * ''Abirus vaksovi'' <small>Medvedev & Romantsov, 2014</small><ref name="Medvedev2014">{{cite journal|first1=L.|last1=Medvedev|first2=P.|last2=Romantsov|year=2014|title=New and poorly known Chrysomelidae (Coleoptera) from Borneo|url=http://www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/sites/default/files/publikationen/serie-a/ans07-12.pdf|journal=Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde|series=A, Neue Serie|volume=7|pages=235–251|access-date=2018-07-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406192122/http://www.naturkundemuseum-bw.de/sites/default/files/publikationen/serie-a/ans07-12.pdf|archive-date=2017-04-06|url-status=dead}}</ref> * ''Abirus violaceus'' <small>Jacoby, 1884</small><ref name="Jacoby1884a"/> * ''Abirus xishuangensis'' <small>Tan, 1982</small> {{div col end}}
Synonyms: * ''Abirus denticollis'' <small>Lefèvre, 1893</small>: synonym of ''Abirus fortunei'' <small>(Baly, 1861)</small> * ''Abirus granosus'' <small>Lefèvre, 1893</small>: synonym of ''Abirus fortunei'' <small>(Baly, 1861)</small> * ''Abirus harmandi'' <small>Lefèvre, 1876</small>: synonym of ''Abirus fortunei'' <small>(Baly, 1861)</small> * ''Abirus kiotoensis'' <small>Pic, 1944</small>: synonym of ''Abirus fortunei'' <small>(Baly, 1861)</small> * ''Abirus yashiroi'' <small>Yuasa, 1930</small>:<ref>{{cite journal|last=Yuasa|first=H.|year=1930|title=Two new Species of Eumolpid-beetles noxious to the Mulberry-tree in the Liu-kiu Islands|url=https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/pjab1912/6/7/6_7_293/_pdf/-char/en|journal=Proceedings of the Imperial Academy|volume=6|issue=7|pages=293–295|doi=10.2183/pjab1912.6.293|doi-access=free}}</ref> synonym of ''Abirus fortunei'' <small>(Baly, 1861)</small>
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