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|name = Isaac David Kehimkar<br />
|image = Isaac Kehimkar the Man who shoulders butterflies!!!! (3309849671).jpg<br />
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|birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1957|05|21}}<br />
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|spouse = Nandini Kehimkar<br />
|children = Amitaih Kehimkar, Sameer Kehimkar, Aisha Kehimkar <br />
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|nationality = [[India]]n<br />
|field = [[Lepidopterist]]<br />[[Natural history]]<br />
|work_institutions = [[Bombay Natural History Society]]<br />
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|prizes =Green Teacher Award, 2014, Sanctuary Asia<br />Kirloskar Vasundhara Award, 2015.<br /><br />
|religion = Jewdaism<br />
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'''Isaac David Kehimkar''' is an Indian naturalist, photographer, author and teacher.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sanctuaryasia.com/people/earth-heroes/9839-isaac-kehimkar.html|title=Isaac Kehimkar|website=www.sanctuaryasia.com|accessdate=13 March 2018}}</ref> Known as ''India’s Butterfly Man'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thebetterindia.com/60295/isaac-kehimkar-book-butterflies-of-india/|title=Butterfly Man of India's Latest Flutter : A Book with More Than 1000 Indian Butterflies|date=1 July 2016|publisher=|accessdate=13 March 2018}}</ref> Isaac Kehimkar has authored many books which includes the best seller ''The Book of Indian Butterflies'' published by [[Bombay Natural History Society]]. On 18 November 2016 he released his book titled "Butterflies of India". He was born and brought up in a [[Marathi language|Marathi]]-speaking [[Jews|Jew]] family.<br />
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in 2017, he retired from Bombay Natural History Society and joined iNaturewatch foundation. <br />
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