Native to:
Angola,
Assam,
Bangladesh,
Benin,
Borneo,
Botswana,
Burkina,
Burundi,
Cambodia,
Cameroon,
Cape Provinces,
Cape Verde,
Central African Republic,
Chad,
China North-Central,
China South-Central,
China Southeast,
Christmas I.,
Cocos (Keeling) Is.,
Congo,
Djibouti,
East Himalaya,
Egypt,
Eritrea,
Ethiopia,
Free State,
Gabon,
Ghana,
Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau,
Gulf of Guinea Is.,
Gulf States,
India,
Ivory Coast,
Jawa,
Kenya,
KwaZulu-Natal,
Laos,
Lesser Sunda Is.,
Libya,
Madagascar,
Malawi,
Malaya,
Maldives,
Mali,
Maluku,
Mauritania,
Mozambique,
Myanmar,
Namibia,
Nepal,
New Guinea,
Niger,
Nigeria,
Northern Provinces,
Northern Territory,
Oman,
Pakistan,
Palestine,
Philippines,
Rwanda,
Saudi Arabia,
Senegal,
Sierra Leone,
Socotra,
Somalia,
South China Sea,
Sri Lanka,
Sudan,
Sulawesi,
Sumatera,
Tanzania,
Thailand,
Togo,
Uganda,
Vietnam,
Western Australia,
Yemen,
Zambia,
Zaïre,
Zimbabwe
Introduced into:
Alabama,
Andaman Is.,
Aruba,
Bahamas,
Bermuda,
Brazil Northeast,
Brazil Southeast,
Caroline Is.,
Colombia,
Comoros,
Cuba,
Dominican Republic,
Fiji,
Florida,
French Guiana,
Georgia,
Hainan,
Haiti,
Hawaii,
Jamaica,
Kazan-retto,
Leeward Is.,
Louisiana,
Marquesas,
Mauritius,
Mexico Gulf,
Mexico Northeast,
Mexico Northwest,
Mexico Southeast,
Mexico Southwest,
Mississippi,
Netherlands Antilles,
New Caledonia,
New York,
Nicaragua,
Nicobar Is.,
North Carolina,
Oklahoma,
Pennsylvania,
Peru,
Puerto Rico,
Queensland,
Rodrigues,
Réunion,
Seychelles,
Society Is.,
South Carolina,
Spain,
Suriname,
Taiwan,
Texas,
Trinidad-Tobago,
Turks-Caicos Is.,
Venezuela,
Venezuelan Antilles,
Windward Is.