So far only known from Denmark and Sweden. Karsholt and Sumpich (2015) tentatively include specimens from Turkey and Morocco, but state that they differ slightly in size and colouration and therefore might represent a separate species.
The species has not been recorded from Germany so far, but its occurrence on the southern part of Bornholm Island, Denmark suggests that the species might also occur along the southern Baltic Sea coast. Furthermore, the species is very similar to Nothris lemniscellus and has been recognized only in 2015 as a separate species. Its true range is therefore still incompletely known and it may have been overlooked or misidentified so far. All finds of Nothris specimens along the German Baltic Sea coast should therefore be identified very carefully.