Cetonia is a genus of beetles in family Scarabaeidae. One of the most familiar species is the rose chafer (C. aurata). Species 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 Heterorrhina elegans, a species (Goliathini) found in India and Sri Lanka References Johan Christian Fabricius : Genera insectorum (1777) External links The genus Cetonia on Fauna Europaea Scarabaeidae genera Cetoniinae Taxa named by Johan Christian Fabricius