Native to:
Albania,
Algeria,
Andaman Is.,
Angola,
Assam,
Bangladesh,
Benin,
Bismarck Archipelago,
Borneo,
Bulgaria,
Burundi,
Cambodia,
Cameroon,
Central African Repu,
Chad,
China South-Central,
China Southeast,
Congo,
East Aegean Is.,
East Himalaya,
Ethiopia,
Gabon,
Ghana,
Greece,
Guinea,
Gulf of Guinea Is.,
Hainan,
India,
Iran,
Iraq,
Italy,
Ivory Coast,
Jawa,
Kenya,
Kriti,
Laos,
Lebanon-Syria,
Lesser Sunda Is.,
Liberia,
Malawi,
Malaya,
Maluku,
Morocco,
Mozambique,
Myanmar,
New Caledonia,
New Guinea,
Nicobar Is.,
Nigeria,
Northern Territory,
Palestine,
Philippines,
Queensland,
Romania,
Rwanda,
Santa Cruz Is.,
Sardegna,
Sicilia,
Sierra Leone,
Solomon Is.,
Somalia,
Sri Lanka,
Sudan,
Sumatera,
Tanzania,
Thailand,
Transcaucasus,
Tunisia,
Turkey,
Turkey-in-Europe,
Uganda,
Vanuatu,
Vietnam,
Western Australia,
Yemen,
Yugoslavia,
Zambia,
Zaïre
Introduced into:
Azores,
Baleares,
California,
Canary Is.,
Corse,
Costa Rica,
Czechoslovakia,
France,
Great Britain,
Madeira,
Mauritius,
Mexico Central,
New Zealand North,
New Zealand South,
Portugal,
Spain,
Tasmania