Distribution; world
Pontic species, distributed across eastern Europe from the South of Hungarian steppes, across the Balkans, South Russia, Crimea, Asia Minor to Iran:
AL, BG, GR, MD, MK, RO, RS, RU, TR, UA, AM, AZ, GE, IR
Conservation status; world
Conservation status: MD - RDB1 (CR), UA - RDB(R), EU - RDB-EN (Nieto et al, 2014)