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Memphis sp.

Memphis sp.

Family: Nymphalidae
Order: Lepidoptera
Class: Insecta
Phylum / Division: Arthropoda
Kingdom: Animalia
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Memphis most commonly refers to:
  • Memphis, Egypt, a former capital of ancient Egypt
  • Memphis, Tennessee, a major American city

Memphis may also refer to:

Astronomy: 
  • Memphis Facula, a prominent region on Ganymede, moon of Jupiter

United States: 
  • Memphis, Alabama, a town
  • Memphis, Florida, a census-designated place
  • Memphis, Indiana, a census-designated place
  • Memphis, Michigan, a city
  • Memphis, Mississippi, a village
  • Memphis, Missouri, a city
  • Memphis, Nebraska, a village
  • Memphis, New York, a hamlet
  • Memphis, Ohio, an unincorporated community
  • Memphis metropolitan area, centered on Memphis, Tennessee
  • Memphis, Texas, a city

Elsewhere: 
  • Mampsis, Mamshit or Memphis, a Nabatean city

Music: 
  • Memphis (band), a musical duo
  • Memphis Industries, a record label
  • Memphis (musical), a Broadway musical by David Bryan and Joe DiPietro

Albums: 
  • Memphis (Boz Scaggs album), 2013
  • Memphis (Roy Orbison album), 1972
  • Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis, 2019

Songs: 
  • "Memphis, Tennessee" (song) or "Memphis", by Chuck Berry, 1959; covered by many performers
  • "Memphis" (The Badloves song), 1994
  • "Memphis" (Joe Jackson song), 1983
  • "Memphis", by Donnie Brooks, 1961
  • "Memphis", by David Nail, 2002
  • "Memphis", by Justin Bieber from Journals, 2013
  • "Memphis", by Justin Timberlake from Everything I Thought It Was, 2024
  • "Memphis", by White Zombie from Psycho-Head Blowout, 1987

Film: 
  • Memphis (1992 film), an American television film
  • Memphis (2013 film), a film directed by Tim Sutton.
  • Randall ´Memphis´ Raines, a character in Gone in 60 Seconds

Design: 
  • Memphis (typeface), a slab-serif typeface designed in 1929 by Rudolf Wolf
  • Memphis Group, an influential design movement of Italian designers and architects in the 1980s


Maritime transport: 
  • USS Memphis (CA-10), a US Navy armored cruiser wrecked by a tsunami in 1916
  • USS Memphis (SSN-691), a nuclear attack submarine of the United States Navy
  • CSS Memphis Confederate Battery converted from floating dry dock 1861


People: 
  • Memphis Bleek, New York rapper
  • Memphis Depay, Dutch footballer
  • Ricky Memphis, Italian actor


Other uses: 
  • Memphis (mythology), the wife of Epaphus, who was, according to legend, the founder of Memphis, Egypt
  • Memphis (butterfly), a genus of brush-footed butterflies
  • Memphis (cigarette), a cigarette brand of Austria Tabak
  • Windows 98, codenamed Memphis during development
  • City of Memphis (train), a passenger train route

Source: Wikipedia, article Memphis sp.. Content adapted from Wikipedia, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license. Accessed on 18/07/2026.





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Species photographs

Count: 9

Foto
Photography ID: 652924
 Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
09/08/2025
Adrian Braidotti
Foto
Photography ID: 652923
 Puerto Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
09/08/2025
Adrian Braidotti
Foto
Photography ID: 599676
  Adult
Parque Provincial Urugua-í
Misiones
Argentina
12/11/2022
Maria Belén Dri
Foto
Photography ID: 553171
  Adult
Parque Nacional Iguazú
Misiones
Argentina
11/24/2009
Manuel Godoy
Foto
Photography ID: 548233
  Adult
Parque Nacional Calilegua
Jujuy
Argentina
09/03/2023
Alec Earnshaw


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Species records

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Record IDDateExact timeCountryProvince / departmentPlaceFilmedPhotographedRecorded vocalObservedHeardWounded or deadNumber of individualsUser or BibliographyDetail
236971008/09/2025ArgentinaMisionesCataratas, Puerto IguazúAdrian Braidotti
182705703/09/2023ArgentinaJujuySendero El Alejo, Parque Nacional CalileguaAlec Earnshaw
214912011/12/2022ArgentinaMisionesSeccional Uruzú, Parque Provincial Urugua-íDiego Carus
214910011/12/2022ArgentinaMisionesSeccional Uruzú, Parque Provincial Urugua-íMaria Belén Dri
164319125/08/2022ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada San Sebastián de la SelvaEduardo Nadal
164206124/08/2022ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada San Sebastián de la SelvaEduardo Nadal
164204324/08/2022ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada San Sebastián de la SelvaEduardo Nadal
163984023/08/2022ArgentinaMisionesReserva Privada San Sebastián de la SelvaEduardo Nadal
190082524/11/2009ArgentinaMisionesParque Nacional Iguazú, Parque Nacional IguazúManuel Godoy
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Please use the following reference when citing this species account.
EcoRegistros. 2026. Memphis sp. – Species account. Accessed from www.ecoregistros.org on 17/09/2026.