Latitudinal range: 2.8° to 31.7°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (5), lake (3), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (4), mangrove (1), desert/xeric shrubland (1)

Found in 14 samples

Ghana: University of Ghana Legon Botanical Garden

India: Similipal Tiger Reserve, Dholbaha Dam (2002 - 2003), Dholbaha Dam (2003 - 2004), Kolappancheri (vegetable fields, 2005), Ankalga, Bengaluru, Sagar Island (August 1983)

Indonesia: Manik Rambung (rice field A, dry season)

Malaysia: Botanical Garden River, Chelong

Nigeria: Obafemi Awolowo University Ile-Ife

Philippines: Lake Babuyan

Somalia: Giohar (1968)

See also Tholymis, Tholymis aurora, Tholymis citrina, Tholymis sp.