Latitudinal range: -30.4° to 45.3°

Habitats: temperate coniferous forest (1), tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (1), temperate savanna (2), temperate broadleaf/mixed forest (3), boreal forest/taiga (1)

Found in 8 samples

Brazil: Itapuã State Park

Canada: Burnt Lands Provincial Park (burned)

United States: Beaver Meadows (aspen), Central Iowa, Southwest Minnesota, Oconee River, Allegheny Portage Railroad National Historic Site Visitor Center (open), Crossman

See also Polites coras, Polites draco, Polites mystic, Polites origines, Polites peckius, Polites themistocles, Polites vibex