Distribution; world
It is widely distributed in Eurasia, from Scandinavia south across Europe to Spain and eastwards to the Caucasus and Iran; possibly present in north Africa (Lieftinck, 1980):
AL, AT, BE, BG, CH, CZ, DE, DK, ES, ES-IC, FR, FR-CO, GE, GB, GR-AN, HR, HU, IT, IT-SI, LT, LU, LV, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, RU, RU-EU, SE, SL, UA, DZ
Abundance; world
Declined in the Netherlands and Belgium since 1950 (Lieftinck, 1980; Peeters, Raemakers & Smit, 1999)
Conservation status; world
Conservation status: CH - RDB3 (VU), CZ - RDB3 (VU), DE1 - RDB3 (VU), DE2 - RDB3 (VU), GB - RDB1 (EN), NL - RDB1 (CR), S1E - RDB0 (RE), SE2 - RDB0 (RE)