Distribution; world
Southern Europe and north Africa eastwards across Asia Minor to the Levant, the Caucasus and central Asia to the Himalaya:
AT, BA, BG, CH, *CY, CZ, *DE, ES, ES-IC, FR, GR, GR-AN, GR-DD, GR-KR, HR, HU, IT, IT-SI, MD, MK, RO, RU-EU, SK, TR, UA, MA, DZ, TN, LY, MR, EG, IL
Abundance; world
Although populations are presumed to be large, there is no clear information regarding their size and trend. Most of the published records exceed 20 years in age.
Conservation status; world
Conservation status: CH - RDB1 (CR), CZ - RDB0 (RE), EU - RDB-DD (Nieto et al, 2014)