Continent: Africa
Distribution: E Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, Malawi, N Zambia,  Ethiopia, Eritrea, Togo, N Democratic Republic of the Congo (Zaire), Republic of South Africa, Swaziland, Botswana, Zimbabwe, S Sudan, Central African Republic, Somalia,  Cameroon, Nigeria, Benin, Ghana  bottegoi: Central African Republic, Somalia  zechi: Benin, Cameroon  
Type locality: Zanzibar Island. 
Type locality: Zululand [grandis]