{"id":5867,"date":"2026-09-25T16:46:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T13:46:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.artefactumgallery.com\/catalog\/valeria-boebera-in-glass-cloche-10-cm-philippines\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T08:06:04","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T05:06:04","slug":"valeria-boebera-in-glass-cloche-10-cm-philippines","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/catalog\/valeria-boebera-in-glass-cloche-10-cm-philippines\/","title":{"rendered":"Valeria boebera in Glass Cloche 10 cm, Philippines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Description:\u00a0<\/strong><em>Valeria boebera<\/em> is a distinctive butterfly associated with the tropical environments of the Philippines. Its wing morphology reflects the highly specialised structure characteristic of Lepidoptera, with thin membranes supported by an organised network of veins and covered by thousands of microscopic scales. These scales produce the visible colouration and patterned appearance of the wings through pigmentation and the interaction of light with their surface structure. The butterfly possesses compound eyes adapted for detecting movement and colour, while its clubbed antennae contain sensory receptors involved in environmental orientation and chemical detection. These biological features support efficient survival within complex tropical habitats.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rarity and Value:<\/strong> The biological value of <em>Valeria boebera<\/em> lies in its regional distribution, delicate morphology, and representation of Philippine butterfly biodiversity. Island ecosystems frequently support distinctive insect populations shaped by geographical isolation and localised environmental conditions. Complete specimens retaining natural wing colouration, intact scales, and undamaged anatomical structures are valuable for comparative entomological study. Such examples provide insight into regional variation, insect biogeography, and the evolutionary processes influencing butterfly diversity across Southeast Asian islands.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Discovery:<\/strong> Tropical Philippine butterflies occupy forest margins, woodland clearings, and vegetation-rich habitats where temperature and humidity support insect development. Their life cycle follows complete metamorphosis, progressing from egg to larva, pupa, and adult. Caterpillars depend on suitable host vegetation, while adults use an elongated proboscis to obtain liquid nutrients. Sensory structures on the antennae and legs assist in locating appropriate feeding and reproductive environments. Biological research on Philippine Lepidoptera contributes to the study of island biodiversity, habitat specialisation, and species distribution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Human Touch:<\/strong> Following ethical sourcing, the butterfly was carefully preserved and displayed within a glass cloche. Expert preparation protects the microscopic wing scales and maintains the specimen&#8217;s natural proportions and essential anatomical characteristics. The enclosed presentation allows close observation of the wing structure and colouration while limiting exposure to environmental damage. This preserved specimen represents the remarkable biological diversity of Philippine butterflies and offers a detailed view of the specialised morphology found among tropical Lepidoptera.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Description:\u00a0Valeria boebera is a distinctive butterfly associated with the tropical environments of the Philippines. Its wing morphology reflects the highly specialised structure characteristic of Lepidoptera, with thin membranes supported by an organised network of veins and covered by thousands of microscopic scales. These scales produce the visible colouration and patterned appearance of the wings through [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3293,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"animal":[],"family":[],"frame_color":[],"genus":[366],"kind":[],"material":[1621],"period":[],"artifact_type":[],"type_of_rug":[],"view":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[1285,1246],"product_tag":[],"class_list":["post-5867","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","genus-valeria-boebera","material-glass-cloche","product_cat-butterflies","product_cat-entomologia-fauna","first","instock","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Valeria boebera in Glass Cloche 10 cm | Hong Kong<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Valeria boebera butterfly from the Philippines in a 10 cm glass cloche: thin wings supported by a network of veins and covered by microscopic scales.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/catalog\/valeria-boebera-in-glass-cloche-10-cm-philippines\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Valeria boebera in Glass Cloche 10 cm | Hong Kong\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Valeria boebera butterfly from the Philippines in a 10 cm glass cloche: thin wings supported by a network of veins and covered by microscopic scales.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/catalog\/valeria-boebera-in-glass-cloche-10-cm-philippines\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Artefactum Gallery\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-13T05:06:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/chatgpt-image-13-iyul.-2026-g.-14_43_37.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1254\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1254\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artefactumgallery.com\\\/en-hk\\\/catalog\\\/valeria-boebera-in-glass-cloche-10-cm-philippines\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artefactumgallery.com\\\/en-hk\\\/catalog\\\/valeria-boebera-in-glass-cloche-10-cm-philippines\\\/\",\"name\":\"Valeria boebera in Glass Cloche 10 cm | Hong Kong\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artefactumgallery.com\\\/en-hk\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artefactumgallery.com\\\/en-hk\\\/catalog\\\/valeria-boebera-in-glass-cloche-10-cm-philippines\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artefactumgallery.com\\\/en-hk\\\/catalog\\\/valeria-boebera-in-glass-cloche-10-cm-philippines\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artefactumgallery.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/chatgpt-image-13-iyul.-2026-g.-14_43_37.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-09-25T13:46:07+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-13T05:06:04+00:00\",\"description\":\"Valeria boebera butterfly from the Philippines in a 10 cm glass cloche: thin wings supported by a network of veins and covered by microscopic scales.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artefactumgallery.com\\\/en-hk\\\/catalog\\\/valeria-boebera-in-glass-cloche-10-cm-philippines\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-HK\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/artefactumgallery.com\\\/en-hk\\\/catalog\\\/valeria-boebera-in-glass-cloche-10-cm-philippines\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-HK\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artefactumgallery.com\\\/en-hk\\\/catalog\\\/valeria-boebera-in-glass-cloche-10-cm-philippines\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artefactumgallery.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/chatgpt-image-13-iyul.-2026-g.-14_43_37.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artefactumgallery.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/chatgpt-image-13-iyul.-2026-g.-14_43_37.webp\",\"width\":1254,\"height\":1254},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artefactumgallery.com\\\/en-hk\\\/catalog\\\/valeria-boebera-in-glass-cloche-10-cm-philippines\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artefactumgallery.com\\\/en-hk\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Shop\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artefactumgallery.com\\\/en-hk\\\/shop\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Valeria boebera in Glass Cloche 10 cm, Philippines\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artefactumgallery.com\\\/en-hk\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artefactumgallery.com\\\/en-hk\\\/\",\"name\":\"Artefactum Gallery\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/artefactumgallery.com\\\/en-hk\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-HK\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Valeria boebera in Glass Cloche 10 cm | Hong Kong","description":"Valeria boebera butterfly from the Philippines in a 10 cm glass cloche: thin wings supported by a network of veins and covered by microscopic scales.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/catalog\/valeria-boebera-in-glass-cloche-10-cm-philippines\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Valeria boebera in Glass Cloche 10 cm | Hong Kong","og_description":"Valeria boebera butterfly from the Philippines in a 10 cm glass cloche: thin wings supported by a network of veins and covered by microscopic scales.","og_url":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/catalog\/valeria-boebera-in-glass-cloche-10-cm-philippines\/","og_site_name":"Artefactum Gallery","article_modified_time":"2026-10-13T05:06:04+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1254,"height":1254,"url":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/chatgpt-image-13-iyul.-2026-g.-14_43_37.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/catalog\/valeria-boebera-in-glass-cloche-10-cm-philippines\/","url":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/catalog\/valeria-boebera-in-glass-cloche-10-cm-philippines\/","name":"Valeria boebera in Glass Cloche 10 cm | Hong Kong","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/catalog\/valeria-boebera-in-glass-cloche-10-cm-philippines\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/catalog\/valeria-boebera-in-glass-cloche-10-cm-philippines\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/chatgpt-image-13-iyul.-2026-g.-14_43_37.webp","datePublished":"2026-09-25T13:46:07+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-13T05:06:04+00:00","description":"Valeria boebera butterfly from the Philippines in a 10 cm glass cloche: thin wings supported by a network of veins and covered by microscopic scales.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/catalog\/valeria-boebera-in-glass-cloche-10-cm-philippines\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-HK","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/catalog\/valeria-boebera-in-glass-cloche-10-cm-philippines\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-HK","@id":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/catalog\/valeria-boebera-in-glass-cloche-10-cm-philippines\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/chatgpt-image-13-iyul.-2026-g.-14_43_37.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/chatgpt-image-13-iyul.-2026-g.-14_43_37.webp","width":1254,"height":1254},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/catalog\/valeria-boebera-in-glass-cloche-10-cm-philippines\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Shop","item":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/shop\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Valeria boebera in Glass Cloche 10 cm, Philippines"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/#website","url":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/","name":"Artefactum Gallery","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-HK"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/5867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5867"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"animal","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/animal?post=5867"},{"taxonomy":"family","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/family?post=5867"},{"taxonomy":"frame_color","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/frame_color?post=5867"},{"taxonomy":"genus","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/genus?post=5867"},{"taxonomy":"kind","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/kind?post=5867"},{"taxonomy":"material","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/material?post=5867"},{"taxonomy":"period","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/period?post=5867"},{"taxonomy":"artifact_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artifact_type?post=5867"},{"taxonomy":"type_of_rug","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/type_of_rug?post=5867"},{"taxonomy":"view","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/view?post=5867"},{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=5867"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=5867"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artefactumgallery.com\/en-hk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=5867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}