Clearwing Butterfly Citizen Science Game

*The studio that led this project is now called Then Try This - you may find more up to date information on the Clearwing Butterfly game on their new website*

The Clearwing Butterfly game is a citizen science experiment we have developed with Mónica Arias, Doris Gomez and Marianne Elias at the INSP Lab at the Institut de l’information scientifique et technique and the Centre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive (CEFE) in France.

The researchers want to know why some species of butterflies (living in South American tropical forests) have evolved transparent wings, and specifically how it might benefit them. This game is the first of our camouflage perception games to feature a moving background - and is designed to closely resemble the natural environment where these butterflies live.