Range Description

This species is very widely distributed in South Asia, southern China and Southeast Asia. In South Asia, it is presently known from Bangladesh (Chittagong, Dakha, Khulna and Sylhet divisions), Bhutan (Panjurmane), India (Chattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttaranchal, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal), Nepal (Central and Western Nepal), Pakistan (North West Frontier Province, Punjab and Sind) and Sri Lanka (Central, Eastern, North Central, North Western, Sabaragamuwa, Southern, Uva and Western provinces) (Molur et al. 2002). In southern China, it has been recorded from southern Fujian, southern Guangdong, Hainan island, southern Guangxi, southern Yunnan and Guizhou. It has additionally been reported from Xizang (Medog), Sichuan, and Jiangxi (Wang 2002). In Southeast Asia, the species has been widely recorded from Myanmar, through Thailand, Lao PDR, and Viet Nam, and ranging into Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Bali, and the Mentawai islands). It has been recorded from sea level to an elevation of 1,140 m asl.