Zoraida is a large genus of planthoppers from the family Derbidae, tribe Zoraidini, with more than 100 species.

In Africa, Zoraida species are most common in the humid tropics of West Africa from Sierra Leone, the Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria and the Central African Republic in the North, down to the Democratic Republic of Congo in the South.

[5][10][11][7] The distribution also includes many islands of eastern and south-eastern Asia and parts of the western Pacific like parts of Japan, Taiwan, Palau, the Philippines and Indonesia, with the largest number of species having been described from Indonesia, Taiwan and the Philippines.

[12][5][13][9] Further south, the distribution extends to the islands of New Guinea, New Caledonia and to parts of northern Australia.

The species of Zoraida can be distinguished from other genera of the tribe Zoraidini by the venation and the shape of the forewings.

Like in other groups from the tribe Zoraidini, the species of Zoraida have long and narrow forewings and short hind wings.

The forewings may have coloured areas or patterns like a broad dark stripe along the costal margin.

[5] Further, the concept of the genus and its subgenera remains not well defined and includes a large range of different forms.

[16] Such a wide range is highly unusual for an insect genus in the family Derbidae.