Onitis virens

{{short description|Species of beetle}}

{{Speciesbox

| genus = Onitis

| species = virens

| authority = Lansberge, 1875

| synonyms = Onitis amplectens Lansberge, 1875

}}

Onitis virens is a species of dung beetle in the family Scarabaeidae.{{Cite journal|last=Lansberge |first=G. Van|date=1875|title=Monographie des Onitides. |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/37736|journal=Annales de la Société entomologique de Belgique |language=fr|volume=18|pages=142–144 }} It is fairly widespread in south Asia.{{Cite journal|last=Karimbumkara |first=Seena N.|last2=Priyadarsanan|first2=Dharma R.|date=2024|title=Study on the genus Onitis (Coleoptera: Scarabaeidae: Scarabaeinae) of the Indian Subcontinent, with three new species from India.|url=https://europeanjournaloftaxonomy.eu/index.php/ejt/article/download/2657/12287|journal=European Journal of Taxonomy|language=en|volume=956|issue=4|pages=1–61|doi=10.5852/ejt.2024.956.2657|doi-access=free}}{{Cite book|last=Arrow|first=Gilbert J. |date=1931|title=The fauna of British India including Ceylon and Burma, Coleoptera Lamellicornia Part III, (Coprinae).|publisher= Taylor & Francis, London.|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.62482/page/n9/mode/2up}}