Bombus trifasciatus is a species of bumblebee commonly known as three-striped bumblebee.Bombus trifasciatus Smith, 1852 in GBIF Secretariat (2023). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-05-19. It is native to South AsiaRaina, Rifat Husain, Malkiat Singh Saini, and Zakir Hussain Khan. "Taxonomy and ecology of Bombus trifasciatus Smith (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Megabombus) from Indian Himalaya with description of new variants." Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 5.6 (2017): 2111-2117. with additional observations in China, Thailand and Taiwan.Hines, Heather M., and Paul H. Williams. "Mimetic colour pattern evolution in the highly polymorphic Bombus trifasciatus (Hymenoptera: Apidae) species complex and its comimics." Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 166.4 (2012): 805-826. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00861.x Bombus trifasciatus is a co-mimetic species of Bombus breviceps.Cui, Jixiang, et al. "Does coevolution in refugia drive mimicry in bumble bees? Insights from a South Asian mimicry group." Science Advances 10.24 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.adl2286
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