Cetonia

{{Short description|Genus of beetles}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Cetonia aurata.jpg | image_caption = ''Cetonia aurata'' | taxon = Cetonia | authority = Fabricius, 1775 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = {{center|'''See list'''}} }}

'''''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'').

==Species== {| |----- | width="34%" valign="top" | *''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'' | width="33%" valign="top" | <ol start=> *''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'' </ol> |}

; 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

==References== {{Reflist}} *Johan Christian Fabricius : ''Genera insectorum'' (1777)

==External links== *{{Commons category-inline}} *[https://web.archive.org/web/20071001070002/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=246994 The genus Cetonia on Fauna Europaea]

Category:Scarabaeidae genera Category:Cetoniinae Category:Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius