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Melinda viridicyanea or Melinda gentilis ???
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I think male viridicyanea - frons as wide as ocellar triangle - but don't quote me on this. May not even be Melinda.
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Knut Rognes said that:

"This is most likely a Melinda species, either viridicyanea or gentilis. But
it should have been a little bluer."
 
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