Range Description

This widespread species has been recorded from northern and central South Asia, southern China, and much of Southeast Asia. In South Asia this species is presently known from Afghanistan (Balkh, Faryab, Kabul, Konarha and Kunduz provinces), Bangladesh (Chittagong and Sylhet divisions,), India (Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Nicobar Islands, Sikkim, Uttarakhand and West Bengal), Nepal (Central) and Pakistan (North West Frontier Province and Punjab) (Das 2003; Korad et al. 2007; Molur et al. 2002; Srinivasulu and Srinivasulu 2005). In South Asia, it has been recorded up to 2,380 m asl. In China, it has been recorded from Xizang and Yunnan (Smith and Xie 2008). In Southeast Asia, it ranges widely, from Myanmar in the west, through Thailand, Lao PDR, Viet Nam, Cambodia and Peninsular Malaysia to Singapore. With insular Southeast Asia, the species is distributed in Indonesia (Sumatra, Bangka, Java, Flores, Karakelang), the island of Timor (East Timor and Indonesia), on the island of Borneo (Brunei, Indonesia and Malaysia) to the Philippines, where it has been recorded from the islands of Camiguin, Luzon (Benguet , Cagayan, Camarines Sur, Isabela, Laguna, Quezon, and Rizal provinces), Mindanao (Bukidnon, and Davao del Sur provinces), Mindoro, Negros, Palawan, Panay, Reinhard, and Sibuyan (Heaney et al., 1998). In the Philippines, it has been recorded from sea level to around 2,250 m asl (Mount Kitanglad).