Continent: Asia
Distribution: Afghanistan, Pakistan,  Sri Lanka, India (Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh (Siddi (=Gandhigram), Deban – Changlang district, Van Vihar, Chessa, Chimpu, Itanagar – Papum Pare district) [A. Captain, pers. comm.], Assam (Guwahati), West Bengal( Kolkata, 24 Pargana, Medinipur), Goa, Uttar Pradesh( Varanasi ), Meghalaya (Khasi Hills, Garo Hills) , Orissa(Baripada, Balasore) Manipur (Domba) [J. Purkayastha, pers. comm.]) Burma, Thailand, Laos [HR 30: 175], Vietnam, West Malaysia, Singapore, China (Chekiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, Guangdong, Nan Ao Island, Hainan, Guangxi, Yunnan), Taiwan, Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Borneo, Celebes = Sulawesi)  melanzostus: Indonesia (Borneo [?], Java, Sulawesi [?]; Sumatra); India (Andaman and Nicobar Islands).  piscator (Schneider, 1799): Bangladesh; Bhutan; India; Nepal (elevation below 700 m),Myanmar; Pakistan; People's Republic of China (including Hainan); Sri Lanka; Taiwan; Thailand.  
Type locality: “East indies”