ON : Allotinus davidis Eliot, 1959 OD : Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 7(8): 377, text-fig.3b, pl.10, figs.6(HT,♂), 7(PT,♀). TL : Singapore. (NHML) Distribution : P.Thailand (south of Ranong), W.Malaysia, {Singapore}, Borneo, Sumatra.

Holotype ♂, 17–18.Jun.1953. Singapore. J.N.Eliot. (NHML) ; G. M. van der Poorten & N. E. van der Poorten,2020 : pl.73, figs.14,♂,♂(Un).
Allotype ♀, same data as holotype. (NHML, photo examined) ; Paratype 1♀, S.Johore, Malaysia.

[ THAILAND ]
Allotinus davidis: Pinratana,1981 : 30, pl.4, fig.22,♂(Un) ; pl.5, figs.2,♂,3,♀. (Ranong; Trang)
Allotinus davidis: Eliot,1986 : 56. (P)
Allotinus davidis: Ek-Amnuay,[2007] : 546, pl.247, figs.L39,♀[♂],♀[♂](Un). (Ranong; Trang)
Allotinus davidis: Ek-Amnuay,2012 : 560, pl.253, figs.L63,♀[♂],♀[♂](Un). (Ranong; Trang)
Allotinus davidis: Kimura et al.,2014 : 40, figs.♀,♀(Un). (Hot Samphang; Khlong Naka)

[ THAILAND ]
Yala : 1♂ (photo by A.Giudici).

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The butterfly is uncommon in forests at moderate elevations.

Eliot, J.N, 1959. New or little known Butterflies from Malaya.
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology), 7(8): 369–391, 1pl, 7 text-figs.

Eliot, J.N, 1986. A review of the Miletini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae).
Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology), 53(1): 1–105, 108 figs.

van der Poorten, G.M. & van der Poorten, N.E, 2020. In: Corbet, A.S. & H.M. Pendlebury, The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula, 5th edition.
Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur, xiii + 492 pp, 6 + 132 pls.

♂, Yala, Thailand. (photo by A.Giudici)

1999.07.24 - 2025.02.28.