👉 In evolutionary biology, "ultimogenitary" refers to a species that is capable of reproducing more than one generation in a single generation. This occurs when a species has two or more generations of offspring from a single parent. The term comes from Latin and means "of the last generation." For example, a species with multiple generations could be considered ultimogenitary, such as the genus Lepidoptera, which produces many generations of larvae. In other words, an ultim