Distribution; world
It is found throughout Eurasia, from from France to Spain and Portugal, eastwards through central and southern Europe to the Middle East, Armenia, Iran and, in north Africa, from Egypt to Morocco (Lieftinck, 1980). :
AT, BE, BG, CH, CY, CZ, DE, DK, ES, ES-BI, FL, FR, GB, GR, GR-AN, GR-KR, GB-CI, HR, HU, IT, IT-SA, IT-SI, LT, LU, LV, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, RU, RU-EU, SL, UA, AM, IR, MA, EG
Conservation status; world
Conservation status: NL - RDB2 (EN), EU - RDB-LC (Nieto et al, 2014)