Jan 20 (Reuters) - Australian healthcare firm Virtus Health Ltd said on Thursday it received a buyout proposal from European private equity firm CapVest Partners for A$608.9 million ($439.56 million).

Virtus Health said that it received the proposal from CapVest to buy 100% of Virtus by way of a scheme of arrangement offering A$7.60 cash per share.

($1 = 1.3852 Australian dollars) (Reporting by Indranil Sarkar in Bengaluru; Editing by Rashmi Aich)