A new flowering plant of the Acanthaceae family, Dicliptera pakhalica, was described from Pakhal Wildlife Sanctuary, Telangana, named after Pakhal Lake and rated Data Deficient under IUCN guidelines; the genus has over 220 species worldwide and about 29 taxa in India. Separately, a new dragonfly, Lyriothemis keralensis or Slender Bombardier, endemic to Kerala and first seen in 2013 at Varappetty, Kothamangalam, was confirmed after earlier being mistaken for the Little Bloodtail.