Lepidus

Bombus lepidus Skorikov
lepidus Skorikov, 1912:606, examined
genitalis Friese, 1913:85, examined
tetrachromus Friese, 1918:85, examined, not of Cockerell, 1909:397 (= B. kashmirensis Friese)
yuennanicola Bischoff, 1936:7, examined

TAXONOMIC STATUS: B. lepidus and B. yuennanicola have been considered both as separate species (Bischoff, 1936) and as conspecific (Williams, 1991 [pdf]). Evidence from comparisons of DNA sequences from five genes is consistent with the two taxa being conspecific (Cameron et al., 2007 [pdf]).

DISTRIBUTION: Oriental Region.