Cetonia

Cetonia is a genus of beetles in family Scarabaeidae, belonging to the subfamily Cetoniinae. One of the most familiar species is the rose chafer (C. aurata).

Cetonia
Cetonia aurata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Coleoptera
Suborder:	Polyphaga
Infraorder:	Scarabaeiformia
Family:	Scarabaeidae
Subtribe:	Cetoniina
Genus:	Cetonia Fabricius, 1775
Species
See list

Species

Cetonia aeratula Cetonia angulicollis Cetonia asiatica Cetonia aurata (Rose chafer) Cetonia aurataeformis Cetonia bensoni Cetonia carthami Cetonia chinensis Cetonia cypriaca Cetonia delagrangei Cetonia delfilsi Cetonia filchnerae Cetonia funeraria Cetonia gotoana Cetonia iijimai Cetonia ishigakia Cetonia izuensis Cetonia kemali Cetonia kolbei

Cetonia magnifica Cetonia pallida Cetonia pilifera Cetonia pililineata Cetonia pisana Cetonia pokornyi Cetonia prasinata Cetonia pygidionotis Cetonia rhododendri Cetonia roelofsi Cetonia rutilans Cetonia sexguttata Cetonia sichuana Cetonia sicula Cetonia tane Cetonia viridescens Cetonia viridiopaca Cetonia viridiventris

Names brought to synonymy

• Cetonia elegans Leoni, 1910, a synonym for Cetonia aurata pisana, a subspecies (Cetoniini) of the rose chafer
• Cetonia elegans Fabricius, 1781, a synonym for Heterorhina elegans, a species (Goliathini) found in India and Sri Lanka