Distributed from forest steppe to semideserts in south of Western Siberia, Tuva, Trans-Baikal region, Mongolia, NE China, Primorye (Russia) and Korea.

In Mongolia found throughout the country with the exception of extreme western and south-western regions. It does not occur in Valley of the Lakes or around the Gobi Desert region, where C. sokolovi occurs (G. Shenbrot pers. comm.).