Distribution; world
South, eastern and central Europe, eastwards to Asia Minor. Its northern limit of distribution reaches 50.5°N (Celary 1995):
AT, BA, BE, BG, CH, CZ, DE, ES, FR, GB, GR, HR, HU, IT, LU, PL, RO, RU-EU, SK, SL, TR, UA, UA-KY
Abundance; world
Listed as a "Widespread and relatively abundant" species by Kasparek (2015).
Conservation status; world
Conservation status: DE1 - RDB3 (VU), DE2 - RDB3 (VU), SL - RDB1-2 (EN), EU - RDB-DD (Nieto et al, 2014)