Distribution; world
Southern Europe eastwards across Asia Minor to the Levant. ssp. riemanni is endmic to the island of Crete:
CY, ES, FR, GR, GR-AN, GR-DD, GR-KR, HR, IT, ME, RS, TR, IL, LB, TJ
Conservation status; world
E, F, GR, GR(Cr), HR, I, SCG. Northern Asia: TJ. Southwestern Asia: CY, IL, IR, JOR, RL, SYR, TR.