Native to:
Angola,
Bangladesh,
Botswana,
Burkina,
Burundi,
Cameroon,
Cape Provinces,
China South-Central,
China Southeast,
Congo,
Equatorial Guinea,
Eritrea,
Ethiopia,
Gabon,
Gambia,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Gulf of Guinea Is.,
Hainan,
India,
Ivory Coast,
Kenya,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Laos,
Liberia,
Madagascar,
Malawi,
Mauritius,
Mozambique,
Myanmar,
Nansei-shoto,
Nepal,
Nigeria,
Northern Provinces,
Ogasawara-shoto,
Oman,
Palestine,
Rodrigues,
Rwanda,
Réunion,
Saudi Arabia,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
Somalia,
South China Sea,
Sri Lanka,
Sudan,
Swaziland,
Taiwan,
Tanzania,
Thailand,
Togo,
Uganda,
Vietnam,
West Himalaya,
Yemen,
Zambia,
Zaïre,
Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Alabama,
Argentina Northeast,
Argentina Northwest,
Assam,
Baleares,
Bismarck Archipelago,
Bolivia,
Borneo,
Brazil Northeast,
Brazil South,
Brazil Southeast,
Brazil West-Central,
California,
Canary Is.,
Cape Verde,
Cayman Is.,
Christmas I.,
Colombia,
Cuba,
Ecuador,
Egypt,
Fiji,
Florida,
Guyana,
Hawaii,
Jamaica,
Jawa,
Kermadec Is.,
Lebanon-Syria,
Leeward Is.,
Louisiana,
Malaya,
Maluku,
Mexico Northeast,
Mexico Northwest,
Mexico Southwest,
New Caledonia,
New Guinea,
New South Wales,
New Zealand North,
Niue,
Norfolk Is.,
Pakistan,
Paraguay,
Peru,
Philippines,
Queensland,
Seychelles,
Sicilia,
Socotra,
South Australia,
Spain,
Tonga,
Trinidad-Tobago,
Tubuai Is.,
Uruguay,
Vanuatu,
Venezuela,
Western Australia,
Windward Is.