A Bengaluru classroom game follows four butterflies through the monsoon

Nature Classrooms in Bengaluru has published a board game that walks players through the monsoon migration of four milkweed butterflies. The Hindu reported on October 29, 2026, that Monsoon Wings follows the blue tiger, the plain tiger, the striped tiger, and the common crow, species documented flying between the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats and back. Aswathi Asokan, who manages curriculum at Nature Classrooms, said researchers still do not fully understand that journey.

Any number of people can play. They split into four groups, one species each, and move through six rounds. A helpful event sends a team one or two steps forward. A setback sends it back. The moves come with actions: fluttering, laying eggs, dancing. Ketaki Watve illustrated the set, which came out in October. Asokan said the idea grew out of the Bird Survivor game used in the group's workshops, itself descended from a Cornell Lab of Ornithology game, and from butterfly walks she joined as a zoology student in Chennai.

She told The Hindu that players describe the journey afterward, and that she has seen the difference in what they can say about a life cycle. The game is a teaching tool. It is not a census of the migration.