Later as a district officer, the green paddy fields and heavy monsoon of Brahmaputra Valley in Assam captivated him.

Though mostly dry, it is desertic in the north-west, and wet in the southern districts due to a heavy monsoon season.

In seasons with heavy monsoons, this butterfly is seen in large migrations.

During heavy monsoons, the river floods to nearby villages and dumps dirt and dead animals to lands creating havoc to villagers.

The private homes are largely the common Raj-era pastiches, with pitched roofs (often painted a dull red) and large verandahs, important given the heavy monsoons.

The western side is subject to heavy monsoons and little sunshine which results in heavy snowfall during the winter.

On the 20th, Tripoli departed Vietnamese waters bound for the Philippines where heavy monsoons had caused extensive flooding.

(The heavy monsoons of July and August are to be avoided.)

There was a very heavy monsoon that year, and the rivers had overflowed into the irrigation ditches and the dug wells.

In seasons with heavy monsoons, this butterfly is seen in massive migrations which are frequent in Texas but more rare in the southwest.