Wikipedia:2008 main page redesign proposal/Pro bug catcher

Description and notes

Article count removed. · Two shorter Today's Featured Article · Today's Featured List · Removed Wikipedia Languages · Style change · Sister projects given a more visible place · More portals, but lower · Added a small description of the project to banner

Note that:

• This is version 2 of my proposal. For the first version see Wikipedia:2008 main page redesign proposal/Pro bug catcher.
  
• I would also like to make some sections (the lower ones especially) collapsible.
  
• I would like to see if the sister projects could take less space (maybe three columns?).
  

Attribution:

• Nat's description of wikipedia.
  
• Ryan's style, some colour changes.
  
• Trevor MacInnis' sister projects layout (images smaller).
  
• Gnangarra for the idea of multiple TFA.
  

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Colias croceus, also known as the clouded yellow, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, the yellows and whites. Its breeding range is North Africa and southern Europe and eastwards through Turkey into the Middle East, but it occurs throughout much of Europe as a summer migrant, sometimes as far north as Scandinavia. In Asia, its range extends into central Siberia in the north and barely into India in the south, although it is not found in Central Asia. The species can live in any open area in the countryside, including downland, coastal cliffs and fields containing the caterpillar's host plants, at an elevation up to 1,600 metres (5,200 ft) above sea level. Colias croceus has a wingspan of 46–54 millimetres (1.8–2.1 in), with the upperside of its wing being golden to orange yellow with a broad black margin on all four wings and a black spot near the centre forewing. This mating pair was photographed in Pirin National Park, Bulgaria. Photograph credit: Charles J. Sharp Recently featured: Michael William Balfe Lime Golden-fronted woodpecker

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