Donald Ray Davis (born Oklahoma City, 28 March 1934) is an American entomologist, specializing in Lepidoptera.[1]
In 1956 Davis earned his bachelor's degree in Entomology at the University of Kansas. He received his Ph.D. at Cornell University in 1962.
Since 1961 Davis has been a research entomologist in microlepidoptera for the Smithsonian Institution.
The Lepidopterists' Society awarded him its Karl Jordan Medal in 1977 for his work on the Prodoxidae.