Lychas

Phylum:Arthropoda

Subphylum:Chelicerata

Class:Arachnida

Order:Scorpiones

Lychas
Lychas marmoreus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Chelicerata
Class:	Arachnida
Order:	Scorpiones
Family:	Buthidae
Genus:	Lychas Koch, 1845
Type species
Lychas scutilus C. L. Koch, 1845
Diversity
42 species
Synonyms
Alterotrichus Tikader & Bastawade, 1983 Archiosometrus Stahnke, 1972 Archisometrus Kraepelin, 1891 Distotrichus Tikader & Bastawade, 1983 Endotrichus Tikader & Bastawade, 1983 Lichas Fage, 1936 Lycas Caporiacco, 1941 Pilumnus Koch, 1837 Repucha Fet, 1997 Repucha Francke, 1985

Lychas is a genus of scorpions belonging to the family Buthidae.^[1] It is one of the most widespread genus of the scorpions, where the species are found throughout in Africa and Seychelles, and in the Oriental region from India to Melanesia.^[1]