# Luperus

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{{short description|Genus of beetles}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| image = Chrysomelidae - Luperus flavipes.JPG
| image_caption = ''[Luperus flavipes](/source/Luperus_flavipes)''
| taxon = Luperus
| display_parents = 2
| authority = [Geoffroy](/source/%C3%89tienne_Louis_Geoffroy), [1762](/source/1762)<ref>Geoffroy EL (1762) ''Histoire abrégée des insectes qui se trouvent aux environs de Paris; dans laquelle ces animaux sont rangés suivant un ordre méthodique.'' Tome premier. Durand, Paris. xxviii + 523 pp., 10 pls.</ref>
| synonyms = * ''Lyperus'' Agassiz, 1846
* ''Lyperus'' Bedel, 1892
* ''Lyperus'' Billberg, 1820
}}

'''''Luperus''''' is a genus of mostly [Palaearctic](/source/Palaearctic), skeletonizing leaf beetles, belonging to the family [Chrysomelidae](/source/Chrysomelidae), subfamily [Galerucinae](/source/Galerucinae) and typical of the tribe [Luperini](/source/Luperini_(beetle)).

==Genera==
European species within this genus include:<ref>[https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/search/results/taxon?ws=portal%2Ftaxon%2Ffind&query=luperus&form_build_id=form-HZ0vfexS1qkiwdR4qAIyPsquM_myp2Ho277xbLHM2KY&form_id=cdm_dataportal_search_taxon_form&search%5BdoTaxaByCommonNames%5D=&search%5BdoSynonyms%5D=&search%5BdoTaxa%5D=1&search%5BpageSize%5D=25&search%5BpageNumber%5D=0&=Search Fauna europaea]</ref>
* ''[Luperus abdominalis](/source/Luperus_abdominalis)'' Rosenhauer, 1856
* ''[Luperus aetolicus](/source/Luperus_aetolicus)'' Kiesenwetter, 1861
* ''[Luperus alpicus](/source/Luperus_alpicus)'' Desbrochers, 1898
* ''[Luperus armeniacus](/source/Luperus_armeniacus)'' Kiesenwetter, 1878
* ''[Luperus biraghii](/source/Luperus_biraghii)'' Ragusa, 1871
* ''[Luperus calabricus](/source/Luperus_calabricus)'' Laboissière, 1911
* ''[Luperus circassicus](/source/Luperus_circassicus)'' Medvedev, 1962
* ''[Luperus cyanipennis](/source/Luperus_cyanipennis)'' Küster, 1848
* ''[Luperus fiorii](/source/Luperus_fiorii)'' Weise, 1895
* ''[Luperus flaviceps](/source/Luperus_flaviceps)'' Apfelbeck, 1912
* ''[Luperus flavipennis](/source/Luperus_flavipennis)'' Lucas, 1849
** ''[Luperus flavipennis flavus](/source/Luperus_flavipennis_flavus)'' Rosenhauer, 1856
* ''[Luperus flavipes](/source/Luperus_flavipes)'' (Linnaeus, 1767) - '''type species''' (as ''Chrysomela flavipes'' L.)
* ''[Luperus floralis](/source/Luperus_floralis)'' Faldermann, 1837
* ''[Luperus graecus](/source/Luperus_graecus)'' Weise, 1886
* ''[Luperus kiesenwetteri](/source/Luperus_kiesenwetteri)'' Joannis, 1865
* ''[Luperus kiritshenkoi](/source/Luperus_kiritshenkoi)'' Ogloblin, 1936
* ''[Luperus leonardii](/source/Luperus_leonardii)'' Fogato, 1979
* ''[Luperus longicornis](/source/Luperus_longicornis)'' (Fabricius, 1781)
* ''[Luperus luperus](/source/Luperus_luperus)'' (Sulzer, 1776)
* ''[Luperus maculicornis](/source/Luperus_maculicornis)'' Desbrochers, 1872
* ''[Luperus nigripes](/source/Luperus_nigripes)'' Kiessenwetter, 1861
* ''[Luperus pygmaeus](/source/Luperus_pygmaeus)'' Joannis, 1865
* ''[Luperus pyrenaeus](/source/Luperus_pyrenaeus)'' Germar, 1824
* ''[Luperus ragusai](/source/Luperus_ragusai)'' Laboissière, 1919
* ''[Luperus revelierei](/source/Luperus_revelierei)'' Perris, 1864
* ''[Luperus rhilensis](/source/Luperus_rhilensis)'' Weise, 1900
* ''[Luperus rugifrons](/source/Luperus_rugifrons)'' Weise, 1886
* ''[Luperus saxonicus](/source/Luperus_saxonicus)'' (Gmellin, 1790)
* ''[Luperus sulphuripes](/source/Luperus_sulphuripes)'' Graells, 1858
* ''[Luperus viridipennis](/source/Luperus_viridipennis)'' Germar, 1824
* ''[Luperus vitalei](/source/Luperus_vitalei)'' Ragusa, 1923
* ''[Luperus xanthopoda](/source/Luperus_xanthopoda)'' (Schrank, 1781)

==References==
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==External links==
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Category:Galerucinae
Category:Luperus
Category:Chrysomelidae genera
Category:Beetles of Europe
Category:Taxa named by Étienne Louis Geoffroy
Category:Insects described in 1762

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